serious-mindedness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for serious-mindedness
Noun
  • Its economy today is one that defies gravity.
    Peter Vanham, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Would it be aligned with the gas, pointing away from the existence of dark matter and towards evidence for a modified law of gravity?
    Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The earnestness and sincerity that characterized so much music from the late ’90s were overtaken by the sneering rage of nu metal.
    Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 30 Sep. 2025
  • When there is a buck to be made, a rapidly emerging necessity can be met with ardent earnestness.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The crackdown may only be starting in earnest.
    Juanita Goebertus, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Xabi Alonso’s Real Madrid project started in earnest with a 1-0 home win against Osasuna on Tuesday.
    Mario Cortegana, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Saturn’s shift back into your sign back on the 1st will have added a layer of seriousness to this whole process, urging you to take responsibility for your path and your patterns.
    Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Oct. 2025
  • This is a testament to the passion and seriousness with which so many professors approach their work as teachers (and, also, to the genuine curiosity and ambition of their students).
    Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2025
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“Serious-mindedness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/serious-mindedness. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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